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[ Power and its opponents in an age of globalization : A New world-wide political economy]
Tr. from German by A. Grigor`ev and V. Sedel`nikov
Moscow: Progress-Traditsiia, Territoriia budushchego, 2007 464 p Serie: Universitetskaia biblioteka Aleksandra Pogorel`skogo Hardcover. 16.5 x 24 cm ISBN: 5898262865 Language: Russian
This brilliant new book by one of the leading European social thinkers throws light on the global power games being played out between global businesses, nation states and movements rooted in civil society. Beck offers an illuminating account of the changing nature of power in the global age and assesses the influence of the ever-expanding counter-powers. The author puts forward the provocative thesis that in an age of global crises and risks, a politics of golden handcuffs - the creation of a dense network of transnational interdependencies - is exactly what is needed in order to regain national autonomy, not least in relation to a highly mobile world economy. It is imperative that the maxim of nation-based realpolitik - that national interests have necessarily to be pursued by national means - be replaced by the maxim of cosmopolitan realpolitik. The more cosmopolitan our political structures and activities, Beck suggests, the more successful they will be in promoting national interests, and the greater our individual power in this global age will be.
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